Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-04

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Upon The tsssinsny re jury { and
thai CondnetoE Pza Hulest and knaa-
g1nser q. @. swaim had taken - sfae
"a nieial f1foFmation. a1d had ikDoReo
ekK oEdek upun whien aheY were 20 woEk
thai dsy, and thai tnsy msfe nos leok-
ina oas for q aagman - Per oFaeEs-
Tfaf tbsT hsd andgr - oiasial order
Of shat DAY al tie n0tiee Ieqaifeo %
protect them aRainss 486 snd q 81 they
wers Funnina g a. extremely reckless
rate Of speed- The iusy aiso found thai
CoDduetoR Rhodes and hig engineeR. Of
80, we're guilty Of gross neeligenos N
follow ne up their aagrnan - closely -
they did. zoe rules Of the eomp3ny re-
QufFina 9 haRmau 80 b thfse qaaEsefs
Of q nils ahsad o. his enGinA. This
neRliRsnce waa aggravated - the fact
that 4s6 was 90 disabled that she conld
not move forward ~ all times, and 81
any time rapidly which was the eaase
oftbsf backing dows tsadeF dFst.
Tho Jury exenlpsted Assistant Di-
vision EnafneeF q. y. kear6au and Dis
pafcber Murray from all blame. In
msdiatsly on this fading District At
ternsy 4. J. 6niyeiy eanssd warrants TO
be issned for the arrest Of ConducteFs
Hulett and Rhodes and E1gineers
swain aad Mooney on the charge Of
mansIaughter. A telegram vas sent to
Sheriff Paekwood at Elleusbufg 10 ~
rest income &. bzt be obtained wind ct
The action, tbrough the telegraph efaee,
Il d claimed, and could nos Be found.
The other parties we're placed under AZ
rest and their bonds 6xed 81 600 each.
The Sheriff Of Kittisas e.unty efeFs .
reward Of 500 for the eaptufe Of
Mooney, and 9 farther reward viii be
offered for she arrest and conViction Of
The nsan Who gave the information to
MeoDay, on the REound Of being 81 ae-
cessoFy 10 the fact Of the crime charged.
ThsTe were seven men kill, In the
aoeident or died imBediately afteFwaFd
from the result OF injuries. Their
names we're James Bremen. Robert
GFace, - Fitzgerald, B. ?. Kerr, Pst.
McMenn, - Olmstsad and Ed. Corey.
Bremen and Fitzgerald we're on the
pilot Of Halstt's engine and were killed
instantly, being crushed into the head
Of ths boiler and manQled beyond re-
oognition. The only part Of either of
them which couid be Identified vas the
face Of Bremen, which vas foand 20
feet away, Iifslike and unmarried, being
severed By g clean cut from the remain
der of the head.
The injured numbered seventeen or
eighteen, bot their injuries we're In the
main not Of serious character. Arthur
HydRe, who formerly worked for Walter
Reed Of this place, suffered fracture
Of the leg: z. o. Watkins, we'll digger
who resided IN Yakima last year, suffers
from q fractured arm; Dominiek Silk il
laid up With q bruised arm, thigh and
hip bone; Tom Fisher, scalp wound
and an injury TO one Of his hands; q
man named O'BEien had bis collar bone
broken and q wound IN the head.
Among the others injured were Mike
McGIouRhen, jimmy Phillips, - Ryan,
Mike COFrigan and John OonoIy.
JAMES Bremen, one Of the killed, vas
the father Of J. n. Bremen, an EN-
ploy0 of Thial's Portland Detective
Agency. He had on bis person three
gold watches and 5000 in money. II
is also 50. posed to have a check or GER
tifieate Of deposit on Portland bank
fer $500, bot paper thoaRht TO be the
one Of value, was 30 cut and Rround up
that nothing cseld be made Of 10.
The brakeman on 4S6 had a singular
experience. He saw the approaching
engine and attempted TO jump. As be
leaped he felt the shock beneath him.
When next be vas able to distinguish
thinRs he fOuHd himself unhurt on the
opposite side Of the river, bat knew not
by what mode Of transit be arrived
there. The river 81 this point is sixty
feet wide.
There was some difference of opinion
regarding the speed at which Hnlett's
engine was running at the time it struck
466 Hnlett claimed but twenty miles
an hour. while others asserted il was
from thirty 10 forty. In order to settle
this point. for the benefit Of the Jury,
expe riments were made on SUNDAY last
With train coupled exactly as was
Huiett's and with the same conditions
regarding the tagging aud distance. 1t
was found that the train could be stopped
Def re reaching the scene CT the wreck
as twenty miles, and at twenty-five
miles, bot at thirty miles the fat car
aud half OF the locomotive covered the
fatal spot.
Brakeman Nsblet was thrown frsm
the train down the rock bank 10 the
edge Of the river. and, IL Is believed,
struck on his head. He was examined
by the OOFoner's Jury but denied being
on the train. He said be had heard
something about the accident, bat only
from talk, and that bis last gun on the
train was en- the 20th, the day before the
accident. Il is thought that N0blet
had bis back 70 the approaching en-
gine, and did not know Of its pgoxim
ity. The injury 10 his head shattered
his mind, bat Il is thought he will re-
cover. He told the jury that II he had
been present the accident would not
have happened.
the Yakima river. where the grade had
been cut IN the rocky bluff. The blnf
was only . few feet away from the
track. possibly six or seven. and two Of
the men on the Gat car ahead Of Hu-
lett's engine. we're thrown, or jumped,
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